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3.5. Informators

The question arises as to what information is compatible with a system. What sort of information can help a system reorganise?

Organisations, and consequently organisms, are organised according to the following principle: if matter organizes on a higher and more complex level, the organization of the entity is often encountered again in the constituent parts. In other words, a blue tit feather is based on the same organising principle as the entire bird. This is also demonstrated in mathematics by Mandelbrot sets (fractals). As it appears, this relatively new kind of mathematics allows for a description of all kinds of forms and processes in nature. Apparently complex structures are established through the constant repetition of relatively simple mathematical operations.

A demonstration of this principle is Koch's snowflake (Fig. 4). The repetition of the same basic structure is very characteristic. The intricate construction of a snowflake could be a manifestation of a simple principle: construct an equilateral triangle and repeat this within itself. According to Mandelbrot cum suis, this sort of self-repetition is the underlying principle of many forms in nature.

A fern for instance, has a somewhat pear-shaped form. On closer examination, the fern leaves appear to be pear-shaped as well. The same principle applies to cauliflower and to certain types of clouds. With fairly simple computation, a home computer will reproduce numerous natural forms, such as a fern leaf.

Self-repetition occurs in higher organisms as well. The branching of human bronchi, and the stimulus conduction system of the heart are also based on a fractal structure. Although fractal theory is descriptive and says nothing about the origin of form, it links with Sheldrake's ideas. Nature employs mechanisms or forming principles that become manifest at different levels of organization, and in different time scales.

Symbols too have great 'information value'. Most symbols have very complex content. The difference between a symbol and a sign, is that a sign, say a traffic sign, has only one meaning, while a symbol is far more complex and impossible to describe in a few words. The cross, for example, is symbolic for Christianity. But to depict Christianity in a few words is inconceivable.

Research by the IRT has shown that especially ancient signs have a high compatibility with nature. Hebraic and Sanskrit letters have a very complex informational content that nature understands, as it were. Because these symbols, in this case letters, have been used so often in our culture (repeated), very strong attractors are involved.

Fractals and symbols are applied as informators in IRT's treatments. In his book, 'The Rebirth of Nature', Sheldrake describes the relation between fractals and symbols.

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